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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Buffalo Sabres
2025-26All situationsThrough 82 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by plus/minus, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
Plus/minus adds one for every even-strength or shorthanded goal the team scores with the player on the ice and subtracts one for every one allowed. Power-play goals for do not count; empty-net goals do. Plus/minus is still a category in many leagues but it mostly reflects team quality and goaltending. The per-60 view helps compare players with different minutes.
Leader for the Buffalo Sabres in 2025-26: Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), 41 +/-.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mattias SamuelssonDBUF | BUF | 41 | 78 | 0.53 | 41 | 13 | 79%▲9.3 |
| 2 | Zach BensonFBUF | BUF | 27 | 65 | 0.42 | 43 | 13 | 56%▲44 |
| 3 | Ryan McLeodFBUF | BUF | 25 | 81 | 0.31 | 54 | 14 | 26%▲20 |
| 4 | Alex TuchFBUF | BUF | 24 | 79 | 0.30 | 66 | 33 | 94%▼5.5 |
| 5 | Rasmus DahlinDBUF | BUF | 18 | 77 | 0.23 | 74 | 19 | 100%▲1 |
| 6 | Zach MetsaDBUF | BUF | 16 | 43 | 0.37 | 6 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 7 | Bowen ByramDBUF | BUF | 15 | 82 | 0.18 | 42 | 11 | 96%▲6.5 |
| 8 | Peyton KrebsFBUF | BUF | 13 | 82 | 0.16 | 39 | 12 | 19%▲17 |
| 9 | Noah OstlundFBUF | BUF | 11 | 60 | 0.18 | 27 | 11 | 25%▲24 |
| 10 | Josh NorrisFBUF | BUF | 11 | 44 | 0.25 | 34 | 13 | 39%▲32 |
| 11 | Owen PowerDBUF | BUF | 9 | 81 | 0.11 | 29 | 8 | 53%▲30 |
| 12 | Tanner PearsonFWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | 9 | 56 | 0.16 | 15 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 13 | Jack QuinnFBUF | BUF | 4 | 82 | 0.05 | 51 | 20 | 45%▲29 |
| 14 | Logan StanleyDWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | 3 | 76 | 0.04 | 26 | 9 | 6.6%▲5.9 |
| 15 | Sam CarrickFNYR/BUF | NYR/BUF | 2 | 73 | 0.03 | 16 | 9 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Konsta HeleniusFBUF | BUF | 1 | 9 | 0.11 | 4 | 1 | 40%▲37 |
| 17 | Beck MalenstynFBUF | BUF | 0 | 81 | 0.00 | 14 | 7 | 4.1%▲3.7 |
| 18 | Michael KesselringDBUF | BUF | 0 | 34 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 8.9%▲8.3 |
| 19 | Ryan JohnsonDBUF | BUF | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Tyson KozakFBUF | BUF | -1 | 46 | -0.02 | 6 | 2 | 3.2%▲3.2 |
| 21 | Mason GeertsenFBUF | BUF | -1 | 5 | -0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Trevor KuntarFBUF | BUF | -1 | 1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Justin DanforthFBUF | BUF | -2 | 4 | -0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Josh DoanFBUF | BUF | -4 | 82 | -0.05 | 52 | 25 | 61%▲44 |
| 25 | Jiri KulichFBUF | BUF | -4 | 12 | -0.33 | 5 | 3 | 26%▲25 |
| 26 | Jason ZuckerFBUF | BUF | -5 | 62 | -0.08 | 45 | 24 | 23%▲17 |
| 27 | Isak RosenFWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | -5 | 37 | -0.14 | 10 | 6 | 14%▲14 |
| 28 | Tage ThompsonFBUF | BUF | -6 | 81 | -0.07 | 81 | 40 | 100%▲1.3 |
| 29 | Josh DunneFBUF | BUF | -7 | 34 | -0.21 | 4 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Conor TimminsDBUF | BUF | -8 | 39 | -0.21 | 8 | 0 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 31 | Jacob BrysonDBUF/WPG | BUF/WPG | -9 | 50 | -0.18 | 8 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 32 | Jordan GreenwayFBUF | BUF | -10 | 40 | -0.25 | 6 | 1 | 0.3% |
| 33 | Luke SchennDWPG/BUF | WPG/BUF | -12 | 50 | -0.24 | 7 | 1 | 7.3%▲6.9 |
How to read it
Goals for minus goals against while on the ice (power-play goals for excluded).
How reliable is it?
Plus/minus is noisy and team-driven; on-ice goal and expected-goal shares at 5-on-5 tell you more about the player.
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